Department of the Taoiseach

If Ireland wants to comply fully with its Paris Agreement obligations it should be cutting its carbon emissions by more than 12 per cent a year, accor(...)

Garda powers to police Covid-19 measures in pubs and restaurants are to be extended until the middle of next year. The Cabinet is due to meet on Tues(...)

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan, according to a person who has worked with him, is not someone who accepts rejection with equanimity. If he does(...)

The National Health Emergency Team has tonight recommended the State be moved to Level 5 restrictions for a period of four weeks to curb a sharp rise (...)

The Labour Party has called on the Government to clarify why the so-called travel “green list” has not been updated in more than a month. Two Governm(...)

When Catherine Martin was appointed Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht seven weeks ago, scepticism was expressed in s(...)

General practitioners have reported an increase in the number of patients who are presenting with Covid-19 symptoms since the August bank holiday week(...)

The outgoing government argued Simon Coveney should keep his official ministerial car after stepping down as tánaiste because of his frequent visits t(...)

The Government is unlikely to immediately review countries on its so-called green list or to consider regional travel corridors, in spite of some stat(...)

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and two officials accompanying him to the EU summit in Brussels will not have to self-isolate on their return but will have t(...)